Justin Hurwitz

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1985-01-22 (40 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Justin Hurwitz

Biography

Justin Gabriel Hurwitz (born January 22, 1985) is an American film composer and a television writer. He is known for being a frequent collaborator with filmmaker Damien Chazelle, having scored all of his feature length films thus far: Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009), Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016) and First Man (2018). For his work on La La Land, Hurwitz won two Academy Awards: Best Original Score and Best Original Song for "City of Stars". He has also won three Golden Globes, two Grammys, and one BAFTA.

Acting

2018

La La La

as Self - Music Composer

2020

Amazing Grace

as Himself

Production

2022

Babylon

as Original Music Composer

2022

Piano Cinéma

as Original Music Composer

2016

La La Land

as Orchestrator

2010

Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

as Original Music Composer

2016

La La Land

as Original Music Composer

2016

La La Land

as Songs

2018

First Man

as Original Music Composer

2014

Whiplash

as Original Music Composer

2023

Life Is the Greatest Odyssey

as Original Music Composer

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